G L O B A L(IN)DIFFERENCE?

MIGRATION :THE CHURCH AND

T O R O N T O 2 5 - 2 7 J U N E 2 018F

AN INTERNATIONAL, INTER-DISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL GATHERING OF THE ECCLESIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH NETWORK

DOMINICAN INSTITUTE OF TORONTO FACULTY OF THEOLOGY

Schedule

Registration Foyer, Regis College, 100 Wellesley Street West

Opening Ceremony Courtyard (Foyer, in case of rain), Regis College

Welcome Remarks Regis College Chapel HE Thomas Cardinal Collins, Archbishop of Toronto

Councilor Joe Mihevc, City of Toronto

PLENARY SESSION 1 Regis College ChapelEcclesial and Practical Perspectives

Moderator: Jaroslav Skira

1.Migration and Christian Community in Europe: From Fear to IntegrationAldo Skoda, CS (Director, Scalabrini International Migration Institute, Rome, Italy)

2. Church of Migrants and Migrant Church: Overcoming an Ecclesiology of IndifferencePeter Phan (Ignacio Ellacuria Chair of Catholic Social Thought at Georgetown University, USA)

Opening Reception Goupil Foyer, Regis College(Sponsored by Regis College)

June 25 Evening Session5:00PM–9:00PM

Regis College

5:00PM

7:00PM

7:15PM

7:40PM

9:00-10:00PM

About Ecclesiological InvestigationsEcclesiological Investigations (EI) is an ecumenical venture established to promote dialogue, scholarship

and collaboration in an open, pluralistic and inclusive spirit throughout the different churches, between Christianityand other faith communities, and between the church and secular societies. In particular, EI promotes collaborativeecclesiology in national, international, intra-ecclesial and ecumenical contexts. In addition to ecumenical andinterreligious encounter and understanding, EI’s work has an equally central and ongoing commitment to promotingdialogue toward the ends of enhancing social justice. The Network initiates research ventures and tries to help breaknew ground and make conversations, research and education in these fields happen.

Ecclesiological Investigations, St. Deiniol’s in Hawarden, Wales (2007)Religious Pluralism, Kottayam, India (2008) The Household of God and Local Households, Leuven, Belgium (2010) Ecclesiology and Exclusion in Dayton, Ohio, USA (2011)Pathways for Dialogue in the 21st Century, Assisi, Italy (2012)Religion Authority and the State (marking 1700 years of the Edict of Milan), Belgrade, Serbia (2013) Hope in the Ecumenical Future in Oxford, England (2014)Vatican II: Remembering the Future – Ecumenical, Interreligious and Secular Perspectives on the Council’s Impact and Promise,Washington DC, USA (2015)Christianity and Religions in China, Hong Kong (2016)The Reformation and Global Reconciliation, Jena, Germany (2017)The Church and Migration: Global (In)Difference, Toronto, Canada (2018)

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Pastoral RealitiesModerator: John Sampson

1.Catholic Extension and a Pastoral Theology of Migration in AmericaTimothy P. Muldoon (Boston College)

2.The Emergence of Pan-Christian Congregations within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of SwedenAndreas Holmberg (Åbo Akademi University/Stockholm School of Theology)

3.Religion, Migration and Pastoral Practice – Empirical, Postcolonial and Theological Perspectives forEducational ProcessesKathrin Winkler (Lutheran University of Nuremburg)

1BAlumni Hall,Rm. 304

Panel: Human Migration as Mission: Voices and Vision from African CatholicismModerator: Dorris van Gaal

1.From the Global South to the Global North: Emerging Contexts of Human MigrationIdara Otu (University of St. Michael’s College)

2.African Migrant Christians Changing the Landscape of Christianity in the West: Reading the Signs of theTimesSimonMary Asese A. Aihiokhai (University of Portland)

3.Modern Day Slavery and Philanthropic Racism against People of African Descent: An African Theo-PoliticalDirgeStan Chu Ilo (DePaul University, Chicago)

1CTST,Boardroom 2

June 26: Morning Session8:30AM–10:30AM

St. Michael’s College

Meeting Point: Muzzo Family Alumni Hall, 121 St. Joseph Street

CONCURRENT SESSION 1 Muzzo Family Alumni Hall & Toronto School of Theology (TST) Building

8:30AM

9:00AM

Biblical PerspectivesModerator: Shannon Wylie

1.When Faith Matters: The Evolving Roles and Relationships of Faith-Based Organizations along MigrationRoutes in MexicoAlejandro Olayo-Méndez, SJ (University of Oxford)

2.Boaz' Hospitality Toward Ruth: Inspiring our Hospitality Toward Latin American Temporary Farm WorkersMartin Bellrose (Institut de pastorale des Dominicains, Montreal, QC)

3.Luke-Acts as Scripture Speaking from and to MigrationJulius-Kei Kato (King’s University College, London, ON)

1AAlumni Hall,Rm. 302

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Post-colonial PerspectivesModerator: Mary Beth Yount

1.“Papa Don't Preach”: Roman Catholic Apology and Contextual Theology in CanadaChanelle Robinson (Regis College)

2.Grace and Disgrace: The Australian Catholic Church’s 70-year Engagement with Governmental MigrationPolicy 1948 – 2018Trish Madigan, OP (Dominican Centre for Interfaith Ministry, Education and Research,Strathfield, Australia)

3.Decolonizing the Category "Religion"Christiaan Jacobs-Vandegeer (Australian Catholic University, Melbourne)

1FAlumni Hall,Rm. 402

Coffee Break Kelly Café, Kelly Library, 113 St. Joseph Street(Sponsored by the Faculty of Theology, University of St Michael’s College)10:30AM

PLENARY SESSION 2 Muzzo Family Alumni Hall, 121 St. Joseph Street

Social and Religious DimensionsModerator: Michael Attridge

1.Anthropology and Theology: Notes on GenderValentina Napolitano (University of Toronto)

2.Migration as a Theo-Political Challenge Facing Global ViolenceCarlos Alvarez Mendoza, OP (Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City)

11:00AMAlumni Hall,Rm. 100

Lunch12:30PM

Panel: Local Initiatives in the Canadian Catholic ChurchModerator: Jason Welle

1.Welcoming, Protecting, Promoting and Integrating Migrants and RefugeesAlessandra Santopadre (Archdiocese of Montreal)

2.Loly Rico and Francisco Rico-Martinez (Co-Executive Directors, FCJ Refugee Center,Toronto)

3.Rudy Ovcjak (Director, Office of Refugees, Archdiocese of Toronto)

1DAlumni Hall,Rm. 306

Panel: Irish Immigration and Catholicism in TorontoModerator: Gerard Mannion

1.The Giant Evil of Ireland: Mackenzie, Macdonell, and the Roman Catholic Anti-Grievances Riot, York,1832Laura Smith (University of Toronto)

2.Women Religious as Migrants: Mother Teresa Dease and the Institute of the Blessed Virgin MaryElizabeth Smyth (University of Toronto)

3.Avoiding Hatred of the Church: Archbishop John Joseph Lynch and the Fenian Movement in CanadaDavid Wilson (University of Toronto)

1EAlumni Hall,Rm. 400

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Political DimensionsModerator: Patricia Madigan

1.An Analysis of Religious Freedom in Terms of Cohabitation in Times of MigrationSylvie Guichard (University of Geneva)

2.Solidarity and the Possibility of Global Human RightsNick Olkovich (St. Mark’s College, Vancouver, BC)

3.The Refugee as “Limit-Concept” in the Modern Nation-StateCraig A. Phillips (Virginia Theological Seminary)

2BAlumni Hall,Rm. 304

RefugeesModerator: Chanelle Robinson

1.Deciphering the Genome of “Crisis” in the Syrian “Refugee Crisis”: Toward a Hermeneutic TripodNajib George Awad (Hartford Seminary, Connecticut)

2.Love the Stranger, Obey the Law: On the Limits of Scripture in European Protestant Political TheologyJoshua Ralston (University of Edinburgh)

3.Refugee Livelihoods: Turkey and the USA as ExamplesCatherine Bellamy (Advisor on Refugee and Humanitarian Issues)

2CAlumni Hall,Rm. 306

Nation and NationalityModerator: Benjamin Lujan

1.Churches and National Boundaries: The Differences Between Borders and Limits According to Pope FrancisLuc Forestier (Institut Catholique de Paris)

2.Ukrainian Churches and Migration in Canada: Re-Imagining History and the PresentJaroslav Skira (Regis College)

3.The Return of Pejorative Alterity: From Trump to Brexit and Beyond...Gerard Mannion (Georgetown University)

2DAlumni Hall,Rm. 400

June 26: Afternoon Session2:00PM–3:30PM

St. Michael’s College

Hospitality, Place and SpaceModerator: Elizabeth Smyth

1.Migration and Sacred Architecture: Lessons from Contemporary CanadaKarla Britton (Yale University)

2.Hospitality and Disruption: The Church as SanctuaryMary Beth Yount (Neuman University, Philadelphia, PA)

3.Our Doors are Open: Hospitality Towards Immigrants with Special Needs into Places of WorshipDavid Pereyra (OCADU, Toronto)

2AAlumni Hall,Rm. 302

CONCURRENT SESSION 2 Muzzo Family Alumni Hall2:00PM

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Hospitality and EcclesiologyModerator: Tim Muldoon

1.Hospitality Towards Migrants and Strangers as Locus TheologicusClaudio Monge, OP (DoST-I Cultural Centre, Istanbul)

2.Beyond Hospitality and Place: Ecclesiology and the Primacy of MotionChristopher Craig Brittain (Trinity College)

3.The Concern of the Catholic Church Towards Migrants: Some References in the Ecclesial Discourses andPractices of HospitalityNadia-Elena Vacaru (Université Laval, QC)

2FTST,Boardroom 2

PLENARY SESSION 3 Muzzo Family Alumni Hall, 121 St. Joseph StreetPolitical Dimensions

Moderator: Tom Reynolds

1.A Shared NarrativeRay Aldred (Director, Indigenous Studies Program, Vancouver School of Theology)

2.Securing Borders: Canada and the Politics of Migration Emily Gilbert (University of Toronto)

3:45PMAlumni Hall,Rm. 100

Evening Prayer St. Basil’s Catholic Parish, St. Michael’s College, 50 St. Joseph Street5:30PM

Evening Reception Foyer, Victoria College, 91 Charles Street West

Remarks: Renata Brum (Senior Citizenship Judge, Citizenship Commission, Canada)

Dinner Banquet Alumni Hall, Victoria College(RSVP required)

(Sponsored by the Dominican Institute of Toronto)

6:00PM

7:30PM

Panel: Whose Home? Who’s Guest? -- Unsettling Theologies of Migration in CanadaModerator: Monica Marcelli

1.Whose Home, Probing Canada as a Colonial Migration SpaceHyeRan Kim Craig (St. Andrew’s College, Saskatchewan)

2.Beyond Hospitality? Unsettling Theology and Migration in CanadaTom Reynolds (Emmanuel College)

3.A Church that Holds the Land as SacredRay Aldred (Vancouver School of Theology)

2EAlumni Hall,Rm. 402

Coffee Break Kelly Café, Kelly Library, 113 St. Joseph Street(Sponsored by the Faculty of Theology, University of St Michael’s College)3:30PM

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Methodological Considerations Moderator: Pim Valkenberg

1.The Role of Comparative Theology in the Fourth Stage of Meaning: Some Methodological ReflectionsJohn Dadosky (Regis College)

2.“One must not forget their spiritual formation”: Trauma and Psychic Conversion in the Treatment of Refugeesand Other Forcibly Displaced PersonsRandy Rosenberg (St Louis University)

3.A Church for the Other: Non-indifference and the Law of the CrossBrian Bajzek (Christ the King Seminary, Buffalo, NY)

3ALarkin, Rm. 213

Panel: A Migratory People of God from the “Get Go!”Moderator: Sean O’Seasnain

1.Jesus the Migrant: Matthew 2:13-15 as a Source for Migrants' HopeTimothy Hegedus

2.From One Resurrection City to the Next (1968-2018) –A Continuing Migration to Freedom of AfricanAmericansOscar Cole-Arnal

3.From El Salvador to Canada: Personal Journey of a Migratory Christian Activist Julio Romero

Respondent: Martin Suter

3BLarkin, Rm. 214

EcclesiologyModerator: Joshua Ralston

1.Prioritizing the Local Church and Global In-Difference: Stewardship, and Economic JusticeSheryl Johnson (Graduate Theological Union, Berkley CA)

2.Hospitality to Others Rooted in an Ecclesiology of the Baptized People of GodC. Pierson Shaw, Jr. (Lenoir Rhyne University, Hickory, NC)

3.The Migrant Church as a Local Pilgrim Church Brian P. Flanagan (Marymount University, Arlington, VA)

3CLarkin, Rm. 248

June 27: Morning Session9:00AM-10:30AM

Trinity College

Meeting Point: Larkin Building, 15 Devonshire Place

CONCURRENT SESSION 3 Larkin Building

8:30AM

9:00AM

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InculturationModerator: Fiona Li

1.Nowhere to Rest Our Heads: Is Inculturation Optional?Simon C. Kim (Graduate Theological Union, Berkley CA)

2.Jesus Christ, The Confucian Sage: The Christology and Idealistic Confucianism of T.C. ChaoJohn Sampson (University of St Michael’s College)

3.Fair-Go for my KapwaCristina Lledo Gomez (Charles Sturt University, Australia)

3ELarkin, Rm. 341

Coffee Break The Buttery, Trinity College, 6 Hoskin Avenue(Sponsored by Trinity College)11:00AM

CONCURRENT SESSION 4 Larkin Building11:30AM

Ecclesiological ConsiderationsModerator: Nick Olkovich

1.Who Helps Whom?: The Significance of Migrant Experience for Canadian TheologyChristian Stackaruk (University of St. Michael’s College)

2.We Adore You…in All Your Churches: Reflections on Place in a Theology of MigrationJason Welle, O.F.M. (Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Rome)

3.Immigrant as Gift? Rethinking a Metaphor of Gift in the Ecclesial Practices of Hospitality in North AmericaHanbyul Park (Emmanuel College)

4ALarkin, Rm. 213

Sociological PerspectivesModerator: Karla Britton

1.Stories of Transformation: African Immigrants to the US and the Dark Night of St. John of the CrossDorris van Gaal (Catholic University in Nijmegen)

2.The Reception of Refugees in Sweden and the Future of the Universal Love EthicKaleb Daniel Nyquist (University of Chicago)

3.Back and Forth Between the Borders: Intersections of Reformed Catholicity and Migration Theologies in NewYork’s ChinatownHenry Kuo (Graduate Theological Union, Berkley, CA)

4BLarkin, Rm. 248

Panel: Beyond AnthropologyModerator: Sylvie Guichard

1.The Hermeneutics of Hospitality - Vulnerability and RecognitionBernhard Kohl (University of St. Michael’s College)

2.The Eucharist Without Borders: A Theological Response to Food Migration and Geopolitical Exploitationof People and the PlanetÁngel F. Méndez Montoya, OP (Cambridge University)

3.“To Become Painfully Aware”: Christ’s Sorrow as Organon for Reversing the Tyranny of AnthropocentrismEric Mabry (Christ the King Seminary, Buffalo NY)

3DLarkin, Rm. 340

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Panel: Refugees and Religion in Europe and the USModerator: Chris Vandegeer

1.Religion as a "Consequence" of Forced Migrations in Europe: New Opportunities for DialogueDavide Tacchini (Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies)

2.Refugee Crisis, Pope Francis and the Italian ChurchGioacchino Campese, CS (Scalabrini International Migration Institute, Rome)

3.A Church of Movement and Hospitality: A Case Study of Central Baptist Church HartfordNicolas Mumejian (Hartford Seminary, Connecticut)

4.Minlib Dalh, OP

4CLarkin, Rm. 340

Church and ChangeModerator: Emmaus O’Herlihy

1.Pope Francis’ Four Verbs to Meet the Challenge of MigrationsRoberto Catalano (International Office for Interreligious Dialogue, Rome)

2.Pride of Place: An Anselmian Interpretation of Church and MigrantLeonard McMahon (Graduate Theological Union, Berkley, CA)

3.Ecclesia Semper Migranda: Towards a Vision of a Migrant Church for MigrantsTihomir Lazic (Oxford University)

4DLarkin, Rm. 341

Panel: Migration and the Local Church in the Post-Conciliar Period: London, Toronto,St. Jean, and Quebec

Moderator: Brian Thorton

1. Michael Attridge (University of St. Michael’s College)

2. Gilles Routhier (Université Laval, Québec)

3. Darren Dias (University of St. Michael’s College)

4ELarkin, Rm. 211

PLENARY SESSION 4 Trinity College Chapel, 6 Hoskin AveModerator: Christopher Brittain

The Church, Migration, and Global (In)Difference: They All End in the City - Dale Irvin (New YorkTheological Seminary)

CLOSING REMARKSGerard Mannion (Georgetown University/ Founding Chair, Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network)

1:00PM

1:50PM

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